Regional Learning & Development Lead - Travel across central region

Swantoncare; Kettering; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Regional Learning & Development Lead to enhance lives through education. This role involves working remotely with travel across Derby and Kettering, ensuring compliance in training delivery, and collaborating with service managers to drive quality improvements. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Adult Health and Social Care, particularly with Learning Disabilities, and a passion for developing others. Join a supportive team that values your contributions and offers opportunities for career advancement and personal growth.

Benefits

Refer a friend scheme

Long service awards

Employee benefits app

Cycle to work scheme

Pension scheme

Life cover

Funded qualifications

Career pathways

Training qualification centre

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' experience in Adult Health and Social Care.
• Recognized qualification in Learning and Development is essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely delivery of all regulated training and compliance.
• Conduct regular service visits and implement identified needs.

Skills

Learning and Development

Adult Health and Social Care

Experience with Learning Disabilities

Behavior Management

Education

Qualification in Learning and Development

Health and Social Care Level 4

Job description

About The Role

Are you ready to engage on your next stage of development?

Are you passionate about enhancing the lives of others through learning and development?

Can you work in a fast-paced leading team of educators?

If Yes, we want to hear from you!

Position: Regional Learning & Development Lead - Travel across central region
Location: Remote with travel across Derby and Kettering
Job type: Full-time, 40 hours, permanent
Working hours: The nature of the job responsibilities may require flexible hours, including some evening and weekend hours, or adjusted beginning and ending times. There is a requirement that on occasion you work reasonable additional hours when authorised and as necessitated by the needs of the business. You will also be required to travel to services across your region.

About you

We are looking for people who share our core values and are able to apply these to the work that they do.

• An appropriate/recognised qualification in Learning and Development is essential and a qualification in Health and Social Care Level 4 or above.
• The post requires at least 3 years’ experience in Adult Health and Social care with some experience being in Learning Disabilities, with exposure to behaviors that challenge.

Key Responsibilities & Activities

• To ensure that all regulated and required training is identified and delivered in a timely manner, ensuring compliance is reached, at the national benchmark 95%.
• To produce an accurate monthly report outlining; regional compliance, key actions/communications, contributing factors to compliance, good news, added value and role/regional specific priorities.
• To undertake regular services visits to implement identified needs via monthly meetings with each service manager. Ensuring each request is planned, implemented evaluated where applicable and closed in a timely manner.
• Ensure appropriate actions are taken in line with L&D functions and in discussion/agreement from service managers upon receipts of; incident reports, quality audit reports, inspection visits and identified business needs.
• To add value where possible and inform training sessions based on observation/review meetings of a person we support.

Does this sound like you? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

What we can offer:

• Refer a friend scheme: we know that you will know fantastic people who will be make a great contribution, you will receive £400 each time a successful referral is made.
• Above and beyond: we recognise that our staff teams do amazing things for the people we support and their teams. We award contributions for those who go the extra mile and for good inspection feedback with vouchers for high street shops and other surprises!
• Long service awards: we recognize your contribution to the team and celebrate long service.
• Employee benefits app: stay connected to our community, receive discounts across everyday and luxury shops, access information about learning & development opportunities.
• Cycle to work: you can save money and get fit with our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Pension: we will auto enroll you into our salary sacrifice pension scheme.
• Life cover: you will be entitled to the death in service benefit.
• Funded qualifications: earn whilst you learn! we aim to develop our own talent, giving you the opportunity to develop your career with Swanton.
• Career pathways: we invest in our people and offer apprenticeships in Health and Social Care (Level 3). Earn whilst you learn has never been easier!
• Swanton Educates: we have our own training qualification centre which can further support your development.
• Trained mental health first aiders: available to support you when you need someone to talk to.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): free confidential access to 24hr assistance program for counselling, advice and support.
• Employee Voice: we hold regular events throughout the year to listen to your feedback about working with us.

*subject to eligibility & criteria

You will be required to undergo relevant pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Our internal vacancies are also published onto our website. Roles may be withdrawn before the closing date if a successful appointment has been made.

About The Service

As part of a national Learning and Development team and a regional support function you will be required to work alongside Swanton Service Managers and their wider teams across a geographical area (region), to drive quality improvement ensuring that identified actions are implemented in a timely fashion. This will be achieved through a variety of approaches including but not limited to – workplace-based learning, observed practice sessions, manager peer support and progress checking.